Krasnogorsk (Красногорск) is a series of spring-wound

16mm 16 mm film is a historically popular and economical gauge of film. 16 mm refers to the width of the film (about inch); other common film gauges include 8 and 35 mm. It is generally used for non-theatrical (e.g., industrial, educ ...

mirror-reflex movie camera designed and manufactured in the

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Krasnogorsky Zavod Krasnogorsky zavod (russian: Красногорский завод им. С. А. Зверева, , Krasnogorsk Works named after S. A. Zverev) is a Russian factory in Krasnogorsk near Moscow which specializes in optical technology. Part of Shvab ...

(KMZ), produced between 1966 and 1993. There were four models of this series released by KMZ: * Krasnogorsk-1 (1966) *

Krasnogorsk-2 The Krasnogorsk-2 (ru. ''Красногорск-2'') is 16mm spring-wound film camera with a mirror shutter, produced by Krasnogorsky Zavod from 1966 to 1977. It was released in the same year as the Krasnogorsk-1. Function The film is moved by a ...

(1966) * Krasnogorsk-3 (1971) * Krasnogorsk-4 (1974) A total of 105,435 Krasnogorsk-3 cameras were produced between 1971 and 1993. This series was one of the most popular 16mm movie cameras in

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, where it made a prominent appearance in

Krzysztof Kieślowski Krzysztof Kieślowski (; 27 June 1941 – 13 March 1996) was a Polish film director and screenwriter. He is known internationally for ''Dekalog'' (1989), ''The Double Life of Veronique'' (1991), and the ''Three Colours'' trilogy (1993 –1994) ...

's 1979 film ''

Camera Buff ''Camera Buff'' ( pl, Amator, meaning "amateur") is a 1979 Polish drama film written and directed by Krzysztof Kieślowski and starring Jerzy Stuhr. The film is about a humble factory worker whose newfound hobby, amateur film, becomes an obsession ...

''. The Krasnogorsk cameras are still popular among independent filmmakers today.

Models

File:Красногорск.jpg, Krasnogorsk-1 File:Kinokamera Krasnogorsk-2.jpg,

File:Krasnogorsk-3 camera.jpg, Krasnogorsk-3

References

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External links

List of Zenit cameras

Movie cameras Soviet cameras